Pump It Up

In my search for fun things to do with Chance in the area I picked up a couple local parenting/family magazines. Just so happens the magazine itself was throwing a party for it's 20th anniversary at a local playspot the next week. So I went online to reserve our free tickets.

Chance climbing over in the Obstacle course.
I had never even heard of the place it was held, Pump It Up. It is an indoor inflatable play area. The party was the best way to experience it for the first time, with our tickets admission was free and they gave us pizza and cake in honor of the magazine's birthday.

Chance climbing up in the obstacle course
Chance had a wonderful time, They have two rooms of inflatables so we were able to play for 30 minutes in each room then moved on to the food. From the moment he entered the first room he was go go going. He ran and jumped and climbed till he was breathing heavy and his little face was hot. In the first room his favorite place to play was the obstacle course.

Chance going down the slide.
In the second room he played for a while in the basketball bounce house but I think his favorite was the slide. He went down that slide at least twenty times while we were in there and he drug me along once. It was pretty fun. Going down the slide made me realize just how much little kids learn from doing things like that, working with others, climbing, following direction, being careful, dealing with heights, overcoming fears, thinking under pressure and just having a good time.

Throwing the ball in the basketball bounce house
After all that playing Chance was ready to have a seat, some juice and some pizza. There was enough pizza for the grown ups to have some too so we all sat and ate together.


Sitting at the kids' table by himself.
After pizza came a little slice of cake and then we were on our way back to the house. We had tons of fun here and will difinitely be going back again soon.

Drinking juice getting ready to chow down on pizza.